⭐Smoke, Mirrors, and the Truth Texans Aren’t Being Told
- Freddie America
- 3 days ago
- 3 min read
Everywhere you look right now, politicians are celebrating another “five-step property tax plan.” You see the headlines. You see the graphics. You hear the promises of “historic reform” and “real relief.”
But Texans…
please pay attention.
What we are being sold is nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Inside those talking points is a truth they never address:
Texans are suffering under an unconstitutional system — and no five-step press release will save us.
⭐ The Game They’re Playing
When officials step in front of cameras and say:
“Texans deserve lasting property tax relief…”
We all agree.
Every homeowner agrees.
But the “solutions” they offer —
budget caps, voter-approval thresholds, valuation caps —
are distractions dressed up as progress.
None of these reforms touch the real roots of the crisis.
They are rearranging the furniture inside a burning house.
⭐ The Constitution Is Clear — But They Ignore It
We don’t need a new five-point plan.
We already have a rulebook.
✔ Article 7, Section 3 — School Taxes
This section already defines how school taxation must be handled:
• voter authorization
• limits
• structure
• accountability
But today’s school tax system…
and the appraisal process that fuels it…
does not follow Article 7.
✔ Article 8, Section 22 — Revenue and Spending Limits
This section restricts:
• automatic revenue growth
• runaway spending
• hidden taxation through appraisals
Yet the appraisal districts grow FAR faster than inflation, income, or population.
That is not “mismanagement.”
That is constitutional violation.
⭐ The Machine Hurting Texans
Our crisis isn’t policy.
It isn’t left or right.
It isn’t even about taxes.
It is about an unconstitutional appraisal machine operating outside the boundaries Texans voted for.
This machine:
• inflates property values artificially
• increases taxes without voter consent
• destroys seniors and veterans
• forces widows to fight ARB boards at age 76
• pushes families out of homes they already paid off
• grows government revenue illegally
This is not what Article 7 created.
This is not what Article 8 allows.
This is not the Texas we were promised.
⭐ The Human Cost
When I see homeowners suffering…
when I see property owners losing everything…
when I see my own mother — 76 years old — forced to fight the ARB board with the threat of losing her home…
It rips my soul apart.
When I see veterans’ widows — like my stepmother — struggling to pay taxes on a home already earned by their husband’s service…
It breaks my heart.
This isn’t politics.
This is human suffering created by a system our leaders refuse to confront.
And the five-point plan?
It means nothing to families who already lost their homes.
It means nothing to seniors crying at their kitchen tables.
It means nothing to the thousands crushed by unconstitutional appraisals.
⭐ The Truth They Won’t Say
Governor Abbott could walk into his office today, take his pen, and stop the machine.
He could enforce the Constitution as written.
But instead —
we get political talking points.
Because talking points help elections.
Fixing the Constitution does not.
⭐ Final Word
Texans deserve:
• real constitutional protection
• real accountability
• real enforcement
• real leadership
Not smoke.
Not mirrors.
Not more political theater.
This fight is bigger than tax rates.
This fight is about justice.
And until the unconstitutional appraisal system is dismantled, Texans will continue to suffer.
I refuse to stay silent.
For my mother.
For veterans’ wives.
For seniors.
For every Texan fighting to keep the home they already paid for.
We deserve better.
We deserve the Constitution.
We deserve our homes.
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